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Pune, Mahārāshtra
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Hybrid
Pune, Mahārāshtra
Expert/Leader
Lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise GenAI platforms and agentic systems. Build RAG pipelines, prompt engineering standards, APIs/microservices, and integrations with data platforms. Drive governance, evaluation, responsible AI, and mentor engineering teams while advising stakeholders and enabling COE initiatives.
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Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Architecture & Strategy

  • Define and lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI platforms and use cases
  • Design scalable agentic systems (single-agent, multi-agent, orchestration frameworks)
  • Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks
  • Lead architecture decisions on RAG vs fine-tuning vs hybrid approaches
  • Conduct technology evaluations (LLMs, vector DBs, orchestration frameworks) and recommend best-fit solutions
 

2. Agentic AI & LLM Engineering Leadership

  • Design and implement complex agentic workflows with tool calling, function orchestration, and memory strategies
  • Build enterprise-grade RAG pipelines with strong focus on retrieval accuracy and evaluation
  • Drive prompt architecture standards (prompt libraries, chaining, orchestration governance)
  • Optimise solutions for latency, cost, scalability, and reliability
 

3. Platform & Engineering Excellence

  • Lead development of GenAI platforms, APIs, and microservices (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
  • Define engineering best practices: coding standards, testing, packaging, observability
  • Ensure seamless integration with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications
  • Collaborate with MLOps teams for CI/CD, deployment pipelines, versioning, and monitoring
 

4. Governance, Risk & Responsible AI

  • Define and enforce LLM guardrails (hallucination control, safety filters, policy enforcement)
  • Implement evaluation frameworks (RAG evaluation, prompt testing, benchmarking)
  • Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and enterprise governance standards
  • Drive adoption of Responsible AI practices (bias mitigation, explainability, auditability)
 

5. Data & Ecosystem Collaboration

  • Partner with Data Engineering teams on: 
    • Data ingestion, pipelines, and quality controls
    • Metadata management and knowledge graph strategies
  • Work with business stakeholders to: 
    • Identify high-value GenAI use cases
    • Translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
 

6. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
  • Act as a solution advisor to clients/stakeholders (including pre-sales, PoCs, solutioning)
  • Present architecture and design decisions to senior leadership and CXOs
  • Drive COE initiatives, knowledge sharing, and internal capability building
 

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Experience

  • 12–15 years total experience, with 3+ years in GenAI / LLM-based systems
  • Proven experience in leading architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions
 

LLM / GenAI & Agentic Engineering

  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
    • RAG pipelines and retrieval optimisation
    • GPT + Agentic AI implementation experience
  • Experience with:
    • LangChain, LangGraph, or similar frameworks
    • Agent orchestration and tool-calling architectures
  • Deep understanding of:
    • LLM limitations, evaluation, and optimisation strategies
 

Core Engineering

  • Strong Python/Pyspark engineering expertise (production-grade development) with proven API integration experience
  • Deep data analysis experience and handling large volume of data
  • Fabric/Azure Databricks/Snowflake data engineering integration skills
  • Good exposure to:
    • Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
    • SQL
    • Containers, CI/CD, monitoring
 

Cloud & Platform

  • Hands-on experience with Azure / AWS / GCP
  • Familiarity with: 
    • Containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Monitoring & observability
 

Data / AI Foundations (Mandatory)

Prior experience in one or more:

  • Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, pipelines, orchestration)
  • Data Science / ML lifecycle (especially NLP)
  • Analytics engineering / data products
 

Good-to-Have / Preferred

  • Fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, PEFT, prompt tuning)
  • Experience with Azure AI stack (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search)
  • Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, or enterprise search
  • Experience in domain-specific GenAI solutions (Insurance, BFSI, Healthcare)
Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Architecture & Strategy

  • Define and lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI platforms and use cases
  • Design scalable agentic systems (single-agent, multi-agent, orchestration frameworks)
  • Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks
  • Lead architecture decisions on RAG vs fine-tuning vs hybrid approaches
  • Conduct technology evaluations (LLMs, vector DBs, orchestration frameworks) and recommend best-fit solutions
 

2. Agentic AI & LLM Engineering Leadership

  • Design and implement complex agentic workflows with tool calling, function orchestration, and memory strategies
  • Build enterprise-grade RAG pipelines with strong focus on retrieval accuracy and evaluation
  • Drive prompt architecture standards (prompt libraries, chaining, orchestration governance)
  • Optimise solutions for latency, cost, scalability, and reliability
 

3. Platform & Engineering Excellence

  • Lead development of GenAI platforms, APIs, and microservices (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
  • Define engineering best practices: coding standards, testing, packaging, observability
  • Ensure seamless integration with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications
  • Collaborate with MLOps teams for CI/CD, deployment pipelines, versioning, and monitoring
 

4. Governance, Risk & Responsible AI

  • Define and enforce LLM guardrails (hallucination control, safety filters, policy enforcement)
  • Implement evaluation frameworks (RAG evaluation, prompt testing, benchmarking)
  • Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and enterprise governance standards
  • Drive adoption of Responsible AI practices (bias mitigation, explainability, auditability)
 

5. Data & Ecosystem Collaboration

  • Partner with Data Engineering teams on: 
    • Data ingestion, pipelines, and quality controls
    • Metadata management and knowledge graph strategies
  • Work with business stakeholders to: 
    • Identify high-value GenAI use cases
    • Translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
 

6. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
  • Act as a solution advisor to clients/stakeholders (including pre-sales, PoCs, solutioning)
  • Present architecture and design decisions to senior leadership and CXOs
  • Drive COE initiatives, knowledge sharing, and internal capability building
 

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Experience

  • 12–15 years total experience, with 3+ years in GenAI / LLM-based systems
  • Proven experience in leading architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions
 

LLM / GenAI & Agentic Engineering

  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
    • RAG pipelines and retrieval optimisation
    • GPT + Agentic AI implementation experience
  • Experience with:
    • LangChain, LangGraph, or similar frameworks
    • Agent orchestration and tool-calling architectures
  • Deep understanding of:
    • LLM limitations, evaluation, and optimisation strategies
 

Core Engineering

  • Strong Python/Pyspark engineering expertise (production-grade development) with proven API integration experience
  • Deep data analysis experience and handling large volume of data
  • Fabric/Azure Databricks/Snowflake data engineering integration skills
  • Good exposure to:
    • Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
    • SQL
    • Containers, CI/CD, monitoring
 

Cloud & Platform

  • Hands-on experience with Azure / AWS / GCP
  • Familiarity with: 
    • Containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Monitoring & observability
 

Data / AI Foundations (Mandatory)

Prior experience in one or more:

  • Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, pipelines, orchestration)
  • Data Science / ML lifecycle (especially NLP)
  • Analytics engineering / data products
 

Good-to-Have / Preferred

  • Fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, PEFT, prompt tuning)
  • Experience with Azure AI stack (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search)
  • Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, or enterprise search
  • Experience in domain-specific GenAI solutions (Insurance, BFSI, Healthcare)
Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Architecture & Strategy

  • Define and lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI platforms and use cases
  • Design scalable agentic systems (single-agent, multi-agent, orchestration frameworks)
  • Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks
  • Lead architecture decisions on RAG vs fine-tuning vs hybrid approaches
  • Conduct technology evaluations (LLMs, vector DBs, orchestration frameworks) and recommend best-fit solutions
 

2. Agentic AI & LLM Engineering Leadership

  • Design and implement complex agentic workflows with tool calling, function orchestration, and memory strategies
  • Build enterprise-grade RAG pipelines with strong focus on retrieval accuracy and evaluation
  • Drive prompt architecture standards (prompt libraries, chaining, orchestration governance)
  • Optimise solutions for latency, cost, scalability, and reliability
 

3. Platform & Engineering Excellence

  • Lead development of GenAI platforms, APIs, and microservices (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
  • Define engineering best practices: coding standards, testing, packaging, observability
  • Ensure seamless integration with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications
  • Collaborate with MLOps teams for CI/CD, deployment pipelines, versioning, and monitoring
 

4. Governance, Risk & Responsible AI

  • Define and enforce LLM guardrails (hallucination control, safety filters, policy enforcement)
  • Implement evaluation frameworks (RAG evaluation, prompt testing, benchmarking)
  • Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and enterprise governance standards
  • Drive adoption of Responsible AI practices (bias mitigation, explainability, auditability)
 

5. Data & Ecosystem Collaboration

  • Partner with Data Engineering teams on: 
    • Data ingestion, pipelines, and quality controls
    • Metadata management and knowledge graph strategies
  • Work with business stakeholders to: 
    • Identify high-value GenAI use cases
    • Translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
 

6. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
  • Act as a solution advisor to clients/stakeholders (including pre-sales, PoCs, solutioning)
  • Present architecture and design decisions to senior leadership and CXOs
  • Drive COE initiatives, knowledge sharing, and internal capability building
 

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Experience

  • 12–15 years total experience, with 3+ years in GenAI / LLM-based systems
  • Proven experience in leading architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions
 

LLM / GenAI & Agentic Engineering

  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
    • RAG pipelines and retrieval optimisation
    • GPT + Agentic AI implementation experience
  • Experience with:
    • LangChain, LangGraph, or similar frameworks
    • Agent orchestration and tool-calling architectures
  • Deep understanding of:
    • LLM limitations, evaluation, and optimisation strategies
 

Core Engineering

  • Strong Python/Pyspark engineering expertise (production-grade development) with proven API integration experience
  • Deep data analysis experience and handling large volume of data
  • Fabric/Azure Databricks/Snowflake data engineering integration skills
  • Good exposure to:
    • Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
    • SQL
    • Containers, CI/CD, monitoring
 

Cloud & Platform

  • Hands-on experience with Azure / AWS / GCP
  • Familiarity with: 
    • Containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Monitoring & observability
 

Data / AI Foundations (Mandatory)

Prior experience in one or more:

  • Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, pipelines, orchestration)
  • Data Science / ML lifecycle (especially NLP)
  • Analytics engineering / data products
 

Good-to-Have / Preferred

  • Fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, PEFT, prompt tuning)
  • Experience with Azure AI stack (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search)
  • Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, or enterprise search
  • Experience in domain-specific GenAI solutions (Insurance, BFSI, Healthcare)

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